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PC games market data and forecasts across physical retail, digital retail and download, subscriptions, micro-transactions and pay per play monetization by territory. Includes segmentation for multiplayer online games and casual games markets.

The IHS Markit Connected Devices and Media Consumption service combines the Connected Devices database with consumer surveys to not only track device ownership but provide insights into consumers use of devices. In this report we examine the use of Games consoles as video consumption devices.

Modern Times Group (MTG), the Sweden-based broadcaster, has continued its expansion in the games sector with the acquisition of San Francisco-based web gaming platform Kongregate from GameStop Corp for an enterprise value of $55 million. MTG will fully own the games publisher and developer.

Competition for player attention has never been as intense as it is now, so it's no surprise to see significant discounting taking place for some of the key AAA console releases of Q4 16, such as Titanfall 2, Battlefield 2, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.

MTG, the Swedish broadcaster, has divested from traditional TV media in the Czech Republic and is looking to strengthen its gaming vertical by further investing in InnoGames, a games developer and publisher. MTG has announced that it will sell its 50% stake in FTV Prima to local business leaders Vladimír Komár and Ivan Zach, making the latter the majority owner with a 62.5% share. The deal values FTV Prima at €237.4 million ($ million). This is a significant earn out in the CEE context; ProSiebenSat1 sold its operations in Romania in 2015 for €10.2 million.

Southeast Asia is one of the fastest growing gaming markets in the world considering its large population as well as rapid growing Internet penetration. IHS, however, expects the growth to come mostly from mobile segment rather than traditional PC games market.